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Australian rental market easing: Slower growth vs affordability
Features

The rental market is easing – but are we mistaking slower growth for progress?

As rental growth slows and conditions, Harcourts’ Karmen Costigan explains why affordability remains a challenge and what the changing market means for landlords, tenants and property managers.

Franchise News

Jeremy Wilkinson hits Titanium status in six months

The Harcourts Launceston agent is the first in Tasmania to reach the milestone this financial year, and has now done so five times.

Local upsizers secure lake-view Eleebana home after garage conversion creates family showpiece
Agent Stories

Local upsizers secure lake-view Eleebana home after garage conversion creates family showpiece

Daniel Mark's strategic pre-market renovation advice transformed a vacant Eleebana property into a family-ready home, attracting 52 buyers…

Domain's exclusive audience grows 11.5% as property market cools
Partner Content

Domain’s exclusive audience grows 11.5%

Audience numbers for Domain and Allhomes climbed to 7.6 million Australians in September even as capital city house…

John McGrath. Image: Supplied
Industry News

Property prices down up to 20%, but McGrath tips a market turnaround

John McGrath says Australia's housing correction is moving faster than official figures suggest, with some metropolitan markets experiencing…

Capital city rental growth shifts as regions slow
Property Management

Rental boom shifts back to capital cities as regional growth loses momentum

Capital city rents are rising more than twice as fast as those in regional Australia, as new data reveals a widening divide in rental growth despite improving availability.

Industry News

$49,500 warning as NSW tightens rental rules for agents

New laws will overhaul rental applications, restrict the personal information agents can collect and introduce penalties of up to $49,500 for privacy breaches and $22,000 for undisclosed altered property images.

Features

Why one agency runs rentals like a sales open home

OBrien Carrum Downs and Langwarrin built a 352-property rent roll from zero by treating tenants like buyers and pushing pricing hard from day one.

Elite Agent TV

Can you teach trust? John Cunningham on hiring good people

A confident interview can leave you knowing someone’s ambitions but little about their character. John Cunningham and Chris Hanley explore what to look for when…

Features

Real estate has a hospitality problem – and it’s costing agents business

Opinion

Is the selling principal model holding your agency back?

Elite Agent TV

Why good people stay – Andrew McCann on culture and the panic hire

Real Estate Agent Events

What 2026’s BDM Summit Taught Us About Rent Roll Growth

A sold-out room, six very different speakers and one shared focus: rent roll growth. The 2026 BDM Summit looked beyond simply generating more leads to…

Real Estate Agent Events

Dom Thurbon’s challenge to turn conference ideas into action

News

Quinn Darragh’s three questions for moving through setbacks

News

Bradley Fraser keeps the relationship going after handover

Industry News

Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape

New research shows the building category that includes data centres has overtaken traditional commercial construction categories, with NSW and Victoria attracting the bulk of investment…

Industry News

Commercial property sales jump 21 per cent, but rate hikes threaten recovery

Commercial

Why lease expiry talks should start well before the deadline

Industry News

$3bn future beckons as one of Sydney’s biggest landholdings hits the market

Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery

Why the agents who double down now will win the recovery

Charles Tarbey draws on fifty years of real estate experience to argue that tough markets demand doubling down rather than…

Contributor

Buyer demand fell but buyers’ agents’ revenue didn’t budge

New index data shows 76% of buyers' agents have shifted to fixed fees, a structural…

Contributor

We’ve been fixing the wrong things in property management

A Kolmeo-commissioned survey analysed by Kantar found no consistent link between retention and the factors…

Contributor

Bass Persuades. So does Stevie Wonder.

What a Facebook offer swarm means for the agent on the other side of the…

Managing Editor

The property ad that chats back

OpenAI is testing ads you can talk to – and a cordless drill shows us…

Managing Editor

Shorts

AI & Technology

The chatbot era is dead (and your AI is ready for a real job)

Samantha McLean opened Transform XIV by calling time on typing questions into ChatGPT, then showed…

Who does your customer want to become?

Use verified property features and real customer questions to explore aspirations and write more relevant…

Will AI finally kill cold calling?

A call between two AI assistants raises a better prospecting question: who would actually welcome…

REA Group CTO Steve Maidment speaking at REA Hackdays 2026

REA’s CTO explains why faster AI needs better workflows

REA Group CTO Steve Maidment explains why AI-driven productivity gains only matter if they flow…

Cameron McIntyre says trust remains the agent’s AI advantage

REA Group CEO Cameron McIntyre says AI can streamline listing prep, lead quality and search,…